1) Nancy Sue Wilson - … Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:
1) Nancy Sue Wilson - jazz diva best known for her 60s standards recordings.
2) Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson - singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and member of the group Heart.
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1) Nancy Sue Wilson (born February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, OH, United States – December 13, 2018, in Pioneertown, CA, United States) was a jazz diva famous for recording American standards in the 60s.
She was among contemporary music's most stylish and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the pop and R&B markets -- and even hosting her own television variety program -- she remained best known as a jazz performer, renowned for her work alongside figures including Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing. Wilson first attracted notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus; she quickly earned a growing reputation among jazz players and fans, and she was recording regularly by the late '50s, eventually signing to Capitol and issuing LPs including 1959's Like in Love and Nancy Wilson with Billy May's Orchestra. Her dates with Shearing, including 1960's The Swingin's Mutual, solidified her standing as a talent on the rise, and her subsequent work with Adderley -- arguably her finest recordings -- further cemented her growing fame and reputation.
In the years to follow, however, Wilson often moved away from jazz, much to the chagrin of purists; she made numerous albums, many of them properly categorized as pop and R&B outings, and toured extensively, appearing with everyone from Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan to Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker. She even hosted her own Emmy-winning variety series for NBC, The Nancy Wilson Show, and was a frequent guest performer on other programs; hits of the period included "Tell Me the Truth," "How Glad I Am," "Peace of Mind," and "Now, I'm a Woman." Regardless of how far afield she traveled, Wilson always maintained her connections to the jazz world, and in the 1980s, she returned to the music with a vengeance, working closely with performers including Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Ramsey Lewis, and Benny Golson. By the 1990s, she was a favorite among the "new adult contemporary" market, her style ideally suited to the format's penchant for lush, romantic ballads; she also hosted the Jazz Profiles series on National Public Radio.
In the early 2000s, Wilson recorded two albums with Ramsey Lewis for Narada (2002's Meant to Be and 2003's Simple Pleasures). Her 2004 album R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) was a blend of straight-ahead jazz and ballads, similar to her next record, 2006's Turned to Blue, which, like R.S.V.P., used a different instrumentalist for each track. In 2005, Capitol released a three-part series to pay tribute to Wilson's contributions to music in the '50s and '60s: Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love, Save Your Love for Me: Nancy Wilson Sings the Great Blues Ballads, and The Great American Songbook.
Wilson died from a long-illness on December 13, 2018 at her home in Pioneertown, California at the age of 81.
2) Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954, San Francisco, CA, United States), more popularly known as Nancy Wilson, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. Along with her older sister Ann Wilson, she is part of the Seattle/Vancouver rock band Heart. She is married to film director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe and has composed and performed music for most of Crowe's movies, including Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, and Elizabethtown.
While Ann is the lead singer on most of the Heart recordings, Nancy is the lead vocalist on Treat Me Well, These Dreams, Stranded, There's the Girl and Will You Be There (In The Morning), and frequently performs background vocals. She is also the band's rhythm and lead guitarist. In 1999, she released a live solo album, Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop.
Solo albums
1999 - Live At McCabes Guitar Shop
2005 - Elizabethtown
2009 - Baby Guitars
2016 - Undercover Guitar (with Julie Bergman)
2021 - You and Me
Goin' Out of My Head
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Yes, I think I'm goin' out of my head
Over you, Over you
I want you to want me, I need you so badly
I can't think of anything but you
And I think I'm goin' out of my head
Yes, I think I'm goin' out of my head
I see you each morning
But you just walk past me You don't even know that I exist
Goin' out of my head over you
Out of my head over you Out of my head day and night
Night and day and night, Wrong or right
I must think of a way Into your heart
There's no reason why My being shy Should keep us apart
And I think I'm goin' out of my head
Yes, I think I'm goin' out of my head
Goin' out of my head over you
Out of my head over you Out of my head day and night
Night and day and night, Wrong or right
Night and day and night
Wrong or right, day or night
Everyday, every, every day
Nancy Wilson's song "Goin' Out Of My Head" is a song about being head over heels in love with someone who doesn't feel the same way. The singer, who is desperately in love with someone, feels like they are losing their mind over this person. They see them every day, but the person doesn't acknowledge them. The lyrics "I see you each morning, but you just walk past me, You don't even know that I exist" illustrate how the person they love doesn't seem to be aware of their existence.
The song talks about an unrequited love and a desire to be loved in return. The singer expresses how they want the person they love to want and need them back. They are consumed with thoughts of this person, and it's driving them crazy. They wish they could find a way into the person's heart and overcome their shyness to bring them closer. The song highlights the feeling of being love-struck and how it can make us feel like we are going out of our minds.
Overall, "Goin' Out Of My Head" is a song about the pain and longing of being in love with someone who doesn't feel the same way. It's about the intense emotions that come with unrequited love and how it can feel like we are losing our minds.
Line by Line Meaning
Well, I think I'm goin' out of my head
I am so overwhelmed with emotions that I cannot control myself or think clearly
Yes, I think I'm goin' out of my head
I am certain that my emotions are driving me crazy
Over you, Over you
It is because of my strong, unrequited love for you that I feel this way
I want you to want me, I need you so badly
I am consumed by my desire for you and cannot live without your reciprocation
I can't think of anything but you
You constantly occupy my mind with your absence and presence
I see you each morning
I am constantly reminded of you every day
But you just walk past me
You do not notice or acknowledge my existence despite my feelings for you
You don't even know that I exist
I feel invisible and insignificant in your eyes
I must think of a way
I need to come up with a plan in order to win your heart
Into your heart
I want to be intimately connected with you in a romantic way
There's no reason why
I cannot see any justification for us not being together
My being shy
My timid personality is preventing me from expressing my love to you
Should keep us apart
I do not want my shyness to be the reason why we cannot be together
Goin' out of my head over you
My infatuation with you is so intense that it is driving me insane
Out of my head day and night
My obsession with you does not cease, even when I am trying to sleep
Night and day and night
My love for you is constant, regardless of the time of day
Wrong or right
I know that loving you may not be the most logical decision, but I cannot help how I feel
Everyday, every, every day
My love for you is persistent and unyielding, every single day
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein
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